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Swedish actor
Stig Olin
Stig Olin in Filmjournalen , 1947.
Born Stig Högberg
(1920-09-11 ) 11 September 1920Died 28 June 2008(2008-06-28) (aged 87)Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish Occupation(s) Actor, theatre director, songwriter, singer Years active 1941–1991 Known for
The Word
Torment
Crisis
Flickan från tredje raden
Klasskamrater Spouses
(
m. 1944;
div. 1980)
(
m. 1980;
div. 1990)
Children 2, including
Lena Olin
Stig Olin , né Högberg (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a
Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer.
[1]
He was the father of actress
Lena Olin and singer
Mats Olin (1947–2023).
[2]
[3] He was married to film actresses
Britta Holmberg and
Helena Kallenbäck .
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[5]
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Career
Acting
Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early
Ingmar Bergman films, including
Torment /Frenzy (
Swedish : Hets ) (1944; Bergman's script debut),
Crisis (1946),
Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face) (1947; script by Bergman),
Port of Call (1948),
Eva (1948; script by Bergman),
Prison (1949),
To Joy (1950),
Summer Interlude (1951) and
Divorced (1951; script by Bergman).
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Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the
Sickan Carlsson film
Klasskamrater (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film
Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in
Jim och piraterna Blom (1987), directed by
Hans Alfredson (from
Hasse & Tage ).
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Film and play director
Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of
Stephen Sondheim 's
A Little Night Music in 1978). In 1970 he became Director of Programmes at
Swedish Radio , including the Swedish
radio theatre , where he also directed a number of plays.
Songwriter
He was also a songwriter with En gång jag seglar i hamn , På söndag , Människors glädje , Jag tror på sommaren and Karusellvisan , a.o.
Partial filmography
Kronans käcka gossar (1940) - Military
Bright Prospects (1941) - Bertil Bergström
Tonight or Never (1941) - Young Man (scenes deleted)
Goransson's Boy (1941) - Young man at Norr Mälarstrand (uncredited)
The Fight Continues (1941) - Judge
Stackars Ferdinand (1941) - Young man (scenes deleted)
Prästen som slog knockout (1943) - Young Man (uncredited)
The Sin of Anna Lans (1943) - Arne
Young Blood (1943) - Pelle Persson
Ordet (1943) - Anders
Live Dangerously (1944) - Parachuting Saboteur
The Invisible Wall (1944) - Worker (uncredited)
Torment (1944) - Sandman - Student (uncredited)
Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas (1945) - Gustav, young worker (uncredited)
Tre söner gick till flyget (1945) - Olle - Familjen Hallman
Två människor (1945) - Svenning (voice, uncredited)
Crisis (1946) - Jack
Johansson and Vestman (1946) - Rusan
Incorrigible (1946) - Krister Sundbom
The Balloon (1946) - Michael Kollinsky
Jens Mansson in America (1947) - Johnny Andersson
Woman Without a Face (1947) - Ragnar Ekberg
Each to His Own Way (1948) - Fredrik Salén
Port of Call (1948) - Thomas - Young Man in the Stairs (uncredited)
Eva (1948) - Göran
Dangerous Spring (1949) - Gustaf Eriksson
Prison (1949) - Peter
Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Kalle Nilsson
To Joy (1950) - Stig Eriksson
Sånt händer inte här (1950) - The Young Man / narrator
The Quartet That Split Up (1950) - Werner
Summer Interlude (1951) - Ballet Master
Frånskild (1951) - Hans
One Fiancée at a Time (1952) - Jerker Nordin
Classmates (1952) - Stig Andersson
Farlig kurva (1952) - Tjoffe Käll
Barabbas (1953) - Member of Barabbas' Gang
Resan till dej (1953, director & writer with Hasse Ekman) - Messenger in Leather Jacket (uncredited)
I dur och skur (1953, director)
The Yellow Squadron (1954, director) - Boman
The Magnificent Lie (1955) - Goronflot
Mord, lilla vän (1955) - Dick Mattsson
Whoops! (1955, director)
Seventh Heaven (1956) - Berättarröst (voice, uncredited)
Swing it, fröken (1956) - Singing Student (uncredited)
Stage Entrance (1956) - Bernard Stensson
Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956, director) - Ernst
Sjunde himlen (1956, speaker)
A Guest in His Own House (1957, writer & director)
More Than a Match for the Navy (1958, director)
Du är mitt äventyr (1958, director, writer Hasse Ekman & Stig Olin)
Det svänger på slottet (1959, writer with
Hasse Ekman )
Jim och piraterna Blom (1987) - Potatis-Algot
Vargens tid (1988) - Tiggaren
Tre kärlekar (1991, TV Series) - Vicar
References
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External links
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